Rafael Nadal of Spain displays between video games in his quarter-final match in opposition to Jordan Thompson of Australia through the Brisbane Worldwide tennis match in Brisbane on Jan. 5, 2024.
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Rafael Nadal will miss the Australian Open after the Spaniard suffered a small muscle tear throughout his comeback from a protracted damage layoff on the Brisbane Worldwide final week, the 22-times Grand Slam champion stated on January 7.
Nadal made his long-awaited comeback in Brisbane after spending virtually a 12 months on the sidelines with a hip flexor damage sustained throughout his second spherical defeat to Mackenzie McDonald in final 12 months’s Australian Open.
The 37-year-old didn’t compete once more final season after present process surgical procedure in June and sustained an higher left leg concern throughout his defeat by Jordan Thompson within the quarter-finals of the tune-up occasion for the Jan. 14-28 Melbourne Park main.
“Throughout my final match in Brisbane I had a small drawback on a muscle that as you realize made me fearful,” Nadal stated in an announcement on X, previously Twitter. “As soon as I received to Melbourne I’ve had the prospect to make an MRI and I’ve micro tear on a muscle, not in the identical half the place I had the damage and that is excellent news. Proper now I’m not able to compete on the most degree of exigence in 5 units matches. I am flying again to Spain to see my physician, get some therapy and relaxation.”
Nadal received the Australian Open in 2009 and 2022.
